Posts Tagged ‘World’s Fair 1964’

Here are a few more from my New York World’s Fair 1964 file. The first is a color photo of the Unisphere in color at night. When we were there, my father had bought me a little statue of the globe that I still have today. I made some photos of it several years ago and posted them. I found the folder that they were stored in and pulled a file out to include in this post. Here are the images …

The next is a 4×5 transparency that I ran across on the internet and purchased of the Florida Pavilion under construction. Nothing great, but it got my attention and I thought that it was interesting so I purchased it. I cannot remember going to the pavilion when we there, but that does not really mean much since I was only eleven at the time. I think that going to see It’s a Small World was the highlight of the trip for me.

That is it for now. I still have been posting mostly on my Instagram site … frankphardy … and have still neglected my blogs for the past few months. I still plan on keeping them though and I am trying to put together another Frank Hardy Photography web site. I will get back with you that and thanks for looking ….

In 1964, my father and I went to New York City for the Professional Photographer’s of America National Convention. While we were there, we went to the World’s Fair that was held in Flushing Meadows. Following are negatives that I found that I cleaned up and am posting. Nothing great, but they are still interesting to view. I made a comment on Instagram when I posted some that it is odd to see people walking around without a phone stuck to their ear and people are actually talking to one another… times have really changed! I have a booklet somewhere that I still have on the World’s Fair, but I cannot put my hand on it now, so I do not have any description to go along with the photos. The few that I do know I will post a comment. Here we go …

The next image was taken in the Belgium Village that was constructed and the highlight there were the Belgium Waffles. Incredible!! Never had anything like it before, granted I was only eleven years old, but it was delicious. The waffle with fresh strawberrys, powdered sugar and whip creme … never saw anything like that in Pensacola! They were so popular I think we had to wait in line for ten or fifteen minutes to buy one. Sorry that it did not occur to me to take a photo of it, so you will have to use your imagination or google it …

And finally the Unisphere. I purchased a miniature of the Unisphere to bring home, which I still have, and I made a few photos of it earlier that I have posted. I thought that I would also include one here …

If anyone went and would like to share their story, please feel free. If you took a photo of your Belgian Waffle and feel like sharing it, I would love to see it. That is one more thing that has changed since then … if it were not for food photos and coffee / drink photos, Instagram would have a billion or so less photos every day! Thanks for looking and feel free to comment … Frank